Can spray-type cooling towers be used to cool exhaust gases after combustion with water?
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The temperature of the exhaust gas after combustion is around 140 degrees. I would like to reduce this temperature to 40 degrees. Is it feasible to use a spray-type cooling tower for this purpose, with water at 25 degrees as the cooling medium?
Sure, it’s just a question of whether it can be reduced to 40 degrees.
Thank you! Are there any design manuals for spray cooling towers? I can’t find it online. The company is currently working on a project to remove odors from exhaust gases; it is necessary to cool the exhaust gases after combustion to 40 degrees before feeding them into a microbial degradation device for odor removal and degradation. Initially, heat exchangers were planned to be used, but the client mentioned that these could get clogged easily, likely due to the high amount of impurities in the exhaust gases.
Of course, no problem. It just depends on how you design it.
Thanks for helping to clarify this! Is there any information on the design of spray cooling towers available in the forum? I couldn’t find it online; I’m really hoping someone knowledgeable can help
For cooling, you need to read books on heat transfer.
Direct contact spray cooling generates wastewater; does the wastewater have an odor? Wastewater treatment?